照顾年迈父母的影响。
Implications of caring for an aging parent.
作者信息
Yaffe M J
机构信息
Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, PQ.
出版信息
CMAJ. 1988 Feb 1;138(3):231-5.
The burden of care for the aged often falls on their adult children, who are themselves stressed by the developmental tasks of middle age. These people are frequently unprepared for the role of caregiver, in which they become parents to their own parents. The author describes the potentially turbulent effect of this role and discusses the origin of the stresses that the caregiver may experience. Doctors need to recognize and deal with the negative feelings, such as resentment, anger, frustration, ambivalence, guilt and demoralization, that may arise in adult children who care for their parents. These emotions must be put into proper context if the mental and physical health of the caregivers as well as the vital support they provide for their elderly parents are to be maintained.
照顾老年人的重担常常落在他们的成年子女身上，而这些子女自身也因中年时期的发展任务而倍感压力。这些人往往对照顾者的角色毫无准备，在这个角色中，他们成为了自己父母的“父母”。作者描述了这一角色可能产生的动荡影响，并探讨了照顾者可能经历的压力来源。医生需要认识并处理成年子女在照顾父母时可能产生的负面情绪，如怨恨、愤怒、沮丧、矛盾心理、内疚和士气低落等。如果要维护照顾者的身心健康以及他们为年迈父母提供的至关重要的支持，就必须正确看待这些情绪。
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